my heart felt a little bit. i said oh my god, they shelby. >> weekend edition, an owner distraught after someone steals a car in his business but it is the mistake the burglar made that got him caught. chaos at a popular mall. cell phone video taken. divorced and the financial decisions that come with it. the one mistake you never want to make.

surprise when he came face-to- face with a 300 pound alligator. not how you want to wake up seeing a gator but you do want to wake up here and thanks for joining us. i am ashley yore. i am james tully. let's go to the people's champion, bill logan, most accurate forecast. >> you must of had a lot of fun . the storms are coming out of nowhere. >> they are called popcorn storms because you get them popping up out of the middle of the day. then they move on. the storms happened like that yesterday. right now we're seeing showers to the south towards southeast fort pierce and also storms in the gulf of mexico. that is all that is left but we will see a migration of this

storms firing earlier this afternoon. we are also seeing the rain lingering around to the southern parts of louisiana although it is back in off -- backing off towards houston. new orleans is being left alone but they are dealing with lots of flooding rain there. 80 degrees in tampa, and clearwater. through the day, we see a rainbow storms as we hit a high of 92. the storms will fire earlier today. i will let you know the timing of the rain when we come back in 12 minutes. the rain is giving us images we can take our eyes off of. authorities going car to car trying to rescue people stranded on the interstate from

it dumped three months of rain in a single day. >> three people are dead so far and 1000 people rescued. the governor has declared a state of emergency. phillip mena is in louisiana. >> reporter: the rain just keeps coming. >> this is not over. >> the floodwaters keep rising. >> everything in the houses are destroyed. >> louisiana under siege. emergency crews rushed everyone to safety.>> record levels of flooding along rivers and creeks. and because these are record floods we don't know how wide is going to get in those areas. >> the national guard called in to help. police and fire departments struggle to get people trapped in their homes or homes. >> helicopters are an active search and rescue right now. we are trying to coordinate

>> this family had to leave their flooded home on foot carrying a baby through watching rotter -- through rushing water. >> we are trying to keep the baby dry. >> officials can get to everyone and a good samaritan pulled this man from a sinking vehicle. >> i said don't panic. i will get you >> people are driving into danger and it is frustrating for law enforcement putting more people at risk. >> if the sign said road closed it is there for a reason. don't cross that.>> phillip mena. to police involved shootings in two different cities overnight. first right now police are looking for a suspect shot and

georgia. it happened last night in east men georgia, and our from macon. police were responding to a suspicious person call when he ran into the suspect and was shot. the officer was not wearing a body camera. angry crowds in milwaukee after an officer shot and killed a 23-year-old man. it happened during a foot chase after a traffic stop. the man was armed and wouldn't drop his gun. now people have burned for businesses including a bank. so far arrests. the state is investigating the shooting. officials say the officer who fired at the man was wearing a body camera. police are searching for a gunman who killed a muslim religious leader in new york and they have surveillance video of the suspect. he was shot in the back of the head after attacking a prayer service yesterday.

faith had anything to do with the attack. officials say they are investigating whether an earlier argument at the mosque may have led to the shooting. the video shows the gunman leaving the scene with a weapon in his hand. pinellas county teenager accused of carrying out serious crimes and making a big mistake. they got him caught. 18-year-old rodney hydorn charged with property damage. he's accused of scaling events and breaking into park auto service charger. he plowed through the fence and ditched that car and drove off in a shelby gt mustang. only got a few blocks away when he realized he dropped his wallet at the business. he went back to get it and pretended to be a witness to the crimes but his story quickly fell apart. >> that is the best story ever. literally hear you were you still a $35,000 hot rod, it is like fast and furious.

you lost your license. and then get arrested. >> after paying for the repairs to his damaged property he will put up security cameras. pinellas park police investigating a car crash on park boulevard overnight. two vehicles collided. one person does have life- threatening injuries. a teenager is fatal crash in polk county. it happened early yesterday morning. the drive at your and two passengers and one of them died, driving on i four, when the driver lost control. 2% alcohol could be involved. second pedestrian hit and killed.

this person is in critical condition. westbound lanes were shut down for several hours overnight. waiting to learn the name of the pedestrian killed on broadway. he was struck by a car yesterday morning. police have not identified the person. a full 10-year-old girl is dead after jacksonville police say someone shot her at a house party. three adults were also hurt. the shooting started after an argument. the suspect is on the run. north carolina, raleigh police gunfire at a busy mall. no one was shot. this is cell phone video of the sheer panic as people try to rush out of the building. that is how people did get her. eight people were injured running into chaos. there is no evidence of gunfire. police haven't found shell casings. witnesses told police they heard gunshots. >> we heard five or six shots go off and i had my wife and my

-- two-month-old. we started running out and we heard a few more shots. there were 15 people near the shooter. the scariest thing i've ever gone through. >> police shut down the mall and the youngest person hurt is 15 years old. still ahead, more homes going up in crowded areas putting a strain on schools. the elementary and their plans for history in the bronx. plus bad news for florida state quarterback st. louis county police department spokesperson sargeant shawn mcguire who is out for the opener. we will tell you straight ahead. we are keeping an eye of the forecast. hot to start. a high of 91 st. petersburg. a bit warmer in tampa, the showers will show up later but earlier than yesterday.

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having some good news for students heading back to overcrowded schools and wesley chapel. a new school opens up tomorrow. >> lauren rozyla talks about wh w to get class-size and control. >> reporter: the growth could not be more clear. already knew homes going up in this empty lot across from a new elementary school. now the district has to make a plan to cope.>> are you coming from double ranch? >> her daughter is finally out of one of wesley chapel's most overcrowded schools. >> the congestion was too overwhelming put -- sometimes.

new wire grass elementary. >> it's pretty big. >> this will help with overcrowding. >> a lot of portables and a lot of kids transitioning. >> principal steve williams said they will open with 500 kids but can hold 800. they know more students are coming. to prepare wire grass is closed to school choice. >> we anticipate with the growth that we will grow past capacity. >> apartment complex areas are going up around the school. it will bring in hundreds of families. >> for now this mom is relieved her kids will be in a real classroom and not a portable. >> it gives the kids more space. >> administrators have empty classrooms that wire grass ready and waiting.

the school is expecting so much more growth they've arty reserved this entire area for portable classrooms. warned rosella. school kicks off tomorrow for polk county students but they still need more teachers. the district has 150 openings working with agencies to try to fill the spots. officials are asking patients as teachers and parents find their routine. give yourself extra time in the morning if you are taking your child to school. 500 buses will be in route to take 50,000 kids to class. you guys ready for this? check out that lightning. it may not be time for hockey but of course we always have the lightning here. >> it's amazing when it goes from the completely dark screen to lighting it up like that. >> we see a lot of shots like that right now as we look out life into the gulf of mexico.

storms move through and then watch them sort of moved to the gulf. that is where we are now. look at the mainsail beach camera. there are clouds there and there you go. a little bit of the light show. live on our tv screen. 6:16 am as we check out a nice- looking early morning. it will be breezy and hot today. we're going to see those seabreeze storms by a lot like yesterday although it looks like the storms will fire up earlier and looking for better coverage. still seeing a lot of coverage of rain to the west although it has moved away from new orleans scooting back to the west and areas of the texas coastline. our coastline, mostly clear now. we have seen some showers to

inverness 72. 75 brooksville. bartow 77. 79 macdill air force base. 97 was the temperature in brandon where it topped out. 80 tampa, clearwater and st. petersburg. it's also 78 in naples and west palm and over at the mouse house in orlando. current temperature in new york city, 83. if you watch the rays game yesterday you could see people were miserable. the heat was stifling. 5 to 10 degrees warmer than normal for washington all the way up through the i-95 corridor or mac -- corridor. not a big surprise in the west, we're still seeing the rain across the northern part of the

for us for today we get that breezy and hot sort of weather early on and with those breezes we will see the showers popping by midafternoon and they will start down here and work their way back off to the north. we will see them lingering through 6:00 and we will see more of them through 10:00 before we think finally it pulls out by midnight. tomorrow same scenario. looking for a 40% chance of showers again sterling earlier in the afternoon. eventually they will pull back into the gulf of mexico. a good boating day today as we look at the digital day planner. temperatures shall zoom up rapidly and then the showers by midafternoon. 86 on the water now and voters can expect southeast winds at 10 knots. light chop on the inland waterways. don't forget the sun sauce. low tide at 7:09 am.

the sun will be up at 7:00. here is a look at the most accurate seven day, showing consistent lookahead. this is what we expect this time of year. overnight lows in the mid to upper 70s and daytime highs in the low to mid 90s. we will increase rain chances by mid week. more moisture coming in from the south. nothing going on in the tropics. abc action news.com. morning and thanks for stopping by. this is and what you want to see if you are a florida state fan. st. louis county police department spokesperson sargeant shawn mcguire out for weeks with a broken right foot. he suffered the injury on wednesday, the second day of practice. he showed up to practice yesterday in a walking boot and

media after practice. maguire will have surgery on monday. he didn't -- he felt something funny. it started bothering him. the outside bone in his foot, they will have to put a screw in. he will be out for weeks.>> he was competing with deandre frangois as the starter. fisher would not name frangois as the starter yet. he miss. mcguire is expected to miss four weeks which puts him returning by the third game by charleston southern or louisville and that is without any setbacks. florida state is ranked fourth in the coaches pull. the a people will be released august 21. buccaneers. rick strada. they are expected

list known as the pup list. jr sweezy has been dealing with a back injury and hasn't practiced once during the training camp. they think he could miss the first five weeks of the season after signing the big five year $32.5 million free-agent deal in march. he's guaranteed $14.5 million. they were prepping for the upcoming join practices with the jaguars. 10 players were held at a practice including sweezy. no worries, be fine. 11:16 am. yesterday morning. yankees released alex rodriguez after he played in his final game against the rays. the yankees called up ricky tyler austen and they brought up another rookie aaron judge and that moves releasing a ride yesterday to bring up these prospects genius after what

takes advantage of the short to the first big-league home run. also first hit. it is aaron judge, his first big-league at- bat. the bat is crushed d2 center and gone. blast off the glass. we have ourselves history. first time in major league baseball history teammates hit first major league at-bat. how soon we forget about a rod. for thinning, yankees not anymore, arlington police officer brad miller opposite. he would homer again later in the game. he is now tied at three. three run blast in the upper deck. yankees take the lead and win a- four over the rays. tampa bay's pitching gave it a season-high yesterday.

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victims say they never thought it could happen to them and it is why they are sharing their story about a new ripoff. >> jackie callaway found the hillsborough clerk of court

we have our first tooth this weekend. >> business owner and grandma debbie bishop wants the world to know what happened to her. >> to my facebook friends there is a scam. >> she posted her scare on facebook. >> got a phone call from lieutenant greg allen. >> he explained that debbie had missed jury duty and faced a contempt of court charge. >> alvarez issued a warrt >> why did you fall for it? >> it didn't sound like a normal pressure scam artist so i definitely believed he -- believed him. >> the clerk of court had frank's office. >> no phone calls come from our office and we send out these notices. >> we can take care of this quickly by paying the fine. >> lieutenant alan said she could avoid arrest by paying $2500 in fines. with the lieutenant the couple

cards sold at winn-dixie. >> the instructions were that the bishops had to send the reloaded cards via certified mail at this post office to the clerk of court. here is why. with that certification number the bad guys are able to reroute those cards to where every they want them to go. >> debbie figured out she had been taken after contacting an attorney friend. her husband retrieve the cards before they shipped. calls started coming in similar to bishops.>> they totally were disregarded if anyone receives a call like that. >> they could face fine or jail time and they will never receive a call first. >> if i can get scammed that i know anybody can. >> jackie callaway, taking action for you.

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welcome back. i am james tully. here is what we're watching. second pedestrian hit this weekend in tampa. it happened on hillsborough avenue at midnight. that person is in critical condition. the westbound lanes near deal may be were shut down. violent riots on the way after an officer shot and killed a 23-year-old man in milwaukee. the man was armed and shot during a foot chase four businesses burned including a gas station, a bank, one officer hurt. police have made three arrests. authorities are going car to car to rescue people stranded on the interstate from this flooding. the system dumping three months of rain in just one day. three people are dead and the governor has declared a state of emergency but 1000 people at this point have been rescued.

day. >> some areas got up to a foot of rain in just a couple of hours. that is what happened when -- happens when a's desha storm sits and spends. this brought us gray weather and rain and yucky nest last weekend. we don't have that here now. we do see some showers for the to the south. as we east with a rivergate tower camera you can see a few lightning strikes. this is not reaching the ground. mostly cloudy strikes. again we are going to be witnessing this as we look further off and see some of those showers moving towards us throughout the day. once again we are keeping an eye on conditions through southern louisiana although you can see most of the rain has moved to the of new orleans. they are in for a soaking

across the florida straits into the southern part of the state and we will see though showers make it towards us by later on. here is a look at the current temperatures, right now at 80 degrees in tampa and clearwater. st. petersburg with 78. 75 and brooksville. 76 zephyrhills and haines city. plant city, bartow, 79. 76 also in crystal river. the thing worried about is that we have more moisture in the atmosphere to work with today. look at these two points. plant city 79. this is off the charts so it will feel muggy as you head out this morning. should be a good boating day as we reach the high of 92 degrees by later on and yes, you can see showers will fire in the afternoon and lingered to the evening. we will look at that boating weather forecast and also when

they will come up in less than 15. how about an update on the election. donald trump running mate governor mike pence will release his tax returns. they will be made public before election day. that is contrary to trump who said he is being audited and were release them with that is completed. clinton has released over terrence dating back to 1977. trump says he is his tax returns under wraps because he is being audited but the agency says there's nothing legally stopping him from releasing his returns. the hacker known as guccifer 2.0 strikes again. after previously providing 20,000 democratic national committee emails to wikileaks, the persona is claiming credit for outing the personal phone and email addresses of hundreds of house democrats. the data was posted to goose or

cooperating with investigators looking into this hack. we're watching the olympics chanting usa. there we go. the city of tampa -- it will pick up speed. the city of tampa is hoping to help future star athletes with a new swimming pool. it reopened yesterday and you can see kids are enjoying swimming and adults are lounging. the pool stayed open for 60 years and closed in the 90s and reopened in 2000. only to be shut down again after problems with the pool. the city council decided $3 million was needed to renovate are >> this is a place where kids can be kids. this is a place where young people can come in a tough

lifeguards and adults who will teach them how to make the right decisions. >> the mayor says this is an example of the city's commitment to recreation. there is a small cost to use the pool, two dollars for kids and four dollars for adults. as we take action for you, we want to inform you of a new campaign called taking action for education foundation and careersource tampa bay to provide counseling. this is the online survey. august 15 through september 9. viewers will take the survey at no cost and they will receive a summary report of the results and career counselors at local offices and they will receive -- review the results with you for free. still to come, not cleaning

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after they swallow a wire bristle from a grill brush when you are cleaning it.>> dee o'reilly checked out alternatives to wire brushes and tells us how to safely clean the grill.>> reporter: wire grill brushes can leave bristles behind on the great that can stick to food and be swallowed. it happened to robert russo. >> it felt like somebody shot me in the belly. ha it got to my lower intestine and it pierced it. >> consumer reports tested other methods. this grill bot is a robotic grill cleaner that uses brass, stainless or nylon brushes. it does a good job on the surface but doesn't reach debris between the greats. consumer reports said watch for loose bristles. a simple ball

where a heat proof glove or use tongs. placing a sheet of aluminum foil on the grill surface with high heat will listen debris but this is extremely dangerous and grill manufacturing advises against. this tool, the $16 safety double helix is made of twisted metal springs and it did well not as well on stainless. traditional wire brushes do get between the greats to scrape off burned on foods. you must check them regularly and if the brussels airport -- bristles are bent, clean them. use an oil paper towel to wipe down the greats thoroughly after work or -- use abrasive

still ahead, a retail giant faces multiple lawsuits for robo bullying. >> this company is breaking the law and how you can prevent

welcome back. debt collectors routinely rely on robo calls to contact as many people as possible but now it appears at least one big- name department store admits to robo dialing customers who are late on the credit card payments.>> jackie callaway found five lawsuits recently filed in florida that claim that these calls are illegal.>> reporter: patricia douglas cell

sometimes eight. >> we're showing there was a past due on your kohl's account. >> the calls, 600 of them in six months, came from a single source.>> kohl's store. >> how are you. >> it was insanity. >> when they failed to stop patricia slapped the store with a lawsuit. the documents admission to dialing -- her cell phone number 27 times. >> according to the suit filed by patricia's attorney, coles how did this customer over late payments on a $174 credit card bill.>> they are the new robo bully on the block. >> consumer protection firm in

2600 phone calls. each case accuses the department store chain of robo dialing customers cell phones illegally. >> it is against federal law to use a robo dialer to call a cell phone. unless the person on that cell phone specifically gave you that telephone number. >> patricia never gave coles her phone number. >> were you surprised links coles was going to get the money? >> i felt like it was excessive. and it was frustrating. >> this customer explained to she fell behind underpayments after getting sick in january. >> somebody has been calling me every day and it's very very very annoying. >> i reached out to coles corporate office half a dozen times to try to get them to answer questions about this

the law states if you ask a robo collar to stop calling yourself they must do so and if not you could be entitled to $500-$1500 per call. you can also report this to e federal trade commission and ftc.gov. i am jackie callaway. taking action for you. all northbound lanes on 275 in st. pete are closed for a stretch near traffic accident with injuries. traffic is detoured to 54th avenue and we will let you know when the road reopens. if that is your route, go to 54th. that is northbound. that is going to be a big old trouble spot for this morning. thankfully it is sunday. >> the commuters dropped a

that's good. >> should be a good beach day. as you can see from the traffic and weather together. looking pretty clear. >> where did you learn that? >> back in my radio days. it's about 80 good god degrees right now. [ laughter ]. >> we have seen lightning bolts over there to the south and east camera but nothing showing up there right now. let's talk about the tropics. this time of year is when we start to see more storms but you know what, not anything really going on through the atlantic now and no development is expected. that is good news but it is bad news because we are locked into this weather pattern. we are about 10 minutes away from sunrise. 79 clearwater, 78 st.

things are very clear out of the east and southeast. taking a look at the southeastern united states, we see that massive moisture to the. this has continued to slowly migrate west so the folks in southern louisiana are going to get a break today. houston will be under the gun as well as the texas coast. for us, breezy and hot early and then showers coming in by midafternoon. this is graphic refresh model. you can see the storms heading from south florida towards us and by 6:00, good coverage as we wind down the beach days. could make for some very interesting rides home from the bay area beaches. you will see the storms along the southern marriott -- barrier islands first. looking for a high of 92 for tampa and plant city.

watch for the very warm moist maggie air mass. cooler on the coast at 88 at longboat key. golfers, expect a warm one, starting off around 80. by noon, 85 and clouds will thicken. and then the showers will show up. out of the water, 86 degrees and a good boating day and a beach day. temperatures will stay along the bay area beaches. here is the most accurate seven- day forecast, looking for high and 92 tampa. tomorrow, a high of 91 with a 40% chance of afternoon showers. more moisture pop in on friday. this is the typical pattern for this time of year and nothing really changes around here unless we get trouble brewing

basin. good morning. we are proud to announce a partnership with the pinellas education foundation and careersource tampa bay and we are providing you with free access to the foundations future plans online interactive survey that matches your interests and abilities with jobs that are in demand now. it is a program that is so extensive it national education competition. they don't have the results but they are coming soon. they travel to dc this summer. we want to welcome the president, terry. and also tamra burr, the associate director. we are excited about this. explain what this is. future plans is a career assessment program that takes your talents and aligns them with jobs. and hopefully gets rid of some

. >> this is something we talked about how it can help the underemployed. give us examples of adults who have college degrees but can't find a job that will pay off the student loans. >> what we found in pinellas county, quite a few folks that had degrees and going back for technical certifications. there is a lot of opportunity in the tech side so we've had a number of people take the assessment to opportunity and where is the demand to become employable and be able to pay off some of that debt they may have incurred and be productive. >> degrees are no guarantee. >> you have to be careful. our message to people who are considering educational, buyer beware. not everything out there will lead to a job and it is not just about learning stuff.

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scare when he opened up his garage door and found a 9 foot, 300 pound gator. >> the gator was not happy when authorities tried to remove it. it was struggling a little bit right there. look at that. the wranglers did eventually get the gator under control but you can tell it took a lot of effort. >> i will pass on that. >> another jampacked hour of abc action news after good morning america. one local district will help kids -- keep kids safe. check out your local thrift shop. an expert is live in the studio to talk about the ways you can be a good thrift shop or. all of that coming up in an

will talk about the forecast. temperature start in the upper 70s and it will push to the low 90s and looking for a high today of 92 degrees with a 40% chance of the late afternoon showers.

good morning, america. breaking news. night of violence. protests erupt in the streets after police in milwaukee shoot an armed man. officers in riot gear under attack. >> i'm getting injured officers >> this car set on fire. businesses blazing. the scene and the investigation this morning. historic floods. relentless rain causing these scenes of disaster. >> get out. give me a knife. give me a knife. >> her dog. >> just in the nick of time. >> residents forced from their homes. packing up pets and possessions as rivers rise to record levels. and it's not over.